Archibald Alexander McBeth Duncan (17 October 1926 – 20 December 2017) was a

Scottish Scottish usually refers to something of, from, or related to Scotland, including: *Scottish Gaelic, a Celtic Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family native to Scotland *Scottish English *Scottish national identity, the Scottish ide ...

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human species; as well as the ...

. From 1962 to 1993 he was

Professor of Scottish History and Literature The Chair of Scottish History and Literature at the University of Glasgow was founded in 1913, endowed by a grant from the receipts of the 1911 Scottish Exhibition held in Glasgow's Kelvingrove Park, as well as donations from the Merchants Hous ...

at the

University of Glasgow The University of Glasgow (abbreviated as ''Glas.'' in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals; ) is a Public university, public research university in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded by papal bull in , it is the List of oldest universities in continuous ...

. He was also President of the

Scottish History Society The Scottish History Society is a historical and text publication society, which promotes the study of and research in the history of Scotland. It was founded in 1886, as part of the late 19th-century revival in interest in Scottish national id ...

, and edited the

Scottish Historical Review ''The Scottish Historical Review'' is an academic journal in the field of Scottish historical studies. It covers Scottish history from the early to the modern period, encouraging a variety of historical approaches. It superseded ''The Scottish A ...

from 1963 to 1970. On giving up his professorship, he became Clerk of Senate and Dean of Faculties, retiring from the university in 2000. From 2001 he was Emeritus Professor of Scottish History and Literature, but continued to publish on the history of Scotland in the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to the late 15th centuries, similarly to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and ...

Select bibliography

* ''Scotland: The Making of the Kingdom.'' Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1973. * ''Regesta Regum Scottorum, v; The Acts of Robert I, 1306-1329.'' Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1988. * ''The Kingship of the Scots: Succession and Independence 842–1292.'' Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2002.

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British Academy
biographical note 2017 deaths 1926 births Academics of the University of Glasgow 20th-century Scottish historians Fellows of the British Academy Fellows of the Royal Historical Society Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh {{UK-historian-stub